620 cxxii. EUPHORBIACE^ (HUTCHINSON ). [Bridelia. 



lao-wer Guinea. Lower Congo : Mfine, Laurent ; Kisantu, Oillet, 755, 1995 ; 

 Kitobola, P;t/naert, 36; Kwamoutli, ^le/er. Aiigol:i : Goluiigo Alio; near Trombeta, 

 Sange, :ind Cainiliingo, Welwitsch, S6S I 368b ! mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, 

 JFelwitsck^ 369 I Pun^jo Andon^io ; about I'edrHs de Guiiiga, Welwitsch, 365 I near 

 Buuiba, Welwitsch, 366 ! Huilla ; at the base of Morro de Lopollo, Welwitsch, 372 ! 

 Malange district ; near Catouibe, Oossweiler, 1001 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Sankuru River, Sajnn ; Luisi River, 

 Kdssner, 2669 ! Kundelungu, Kdssner, 2609 ! 



Var. orientalis, Hutchinson. Lateral nerves unbranched, 11-13 (rarely 8 or 

 9) ; tirtiarv nerves slightly prominent below; petiole 4-5 lin, long. — Gentilia hygro- 

 phila, lieille. I.e. 70. B. micrantha^ va.r.ferru(/inea,0\iv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix, 

 145. Bridelia ndellensis, Beille, i.e. 69. 



XTortb Central. French Congo : Upper Shari region ; Mandjias Country, 

 Chevalier, 62^9 \ Ndelli, Chevalier, 6903 \ 7482! 8080! 



Nile Xiand. Jur : Okel (Okale), Schweinfurth, 1703 ! Niamniam : Nabam- 

 bisso River, Schweinfurth, 3726 ! L'^ganda : Madi, Speke Sf Grant ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu; Munza, ScAjoeiw/lMr^A, 3429 ! 



15. B. micrantha, Baill. Adansonia, iii. 104. A trep 20-40 ft. 

 high, with a dense widely spreading head ; branch lets rusty -torn entose 

 or pubescent when young, at length glabrous, with scattered lenticels. 

 Leaves elliptic, oblong-elliptic or obovate, shortly acuminate and sub- 

 acute or obtuse, slightly cuneate or rounded at the base, 2-7 in. long, 

 1-3 in. broad, slightly coriaceous, often shining and glabrous above, 

 almost glabrous or minutely puberulous below ; lateral nerves ascend- 

 ing, slightly oblique, 8-16 on each side, continued to the margin and 

 forming a marginal nerve, prominent below ; tertiary nerves more or 

 less inconspicuous ; petiole stout, 2-5 lin. long, wrinkled, densely 

 villous or pubescent; stipules caducous; bracts pubescent. Male 

 flowers shortly stalked : Sepals triangular, subacute, ^ lin. long, 

 pubescent towards the base. Petals small, obovate-cuneate, trilobed 

 or dentate. Disk thick and fleshy. Rudimentary ovary truncate or 

 tritid, very short. Female flowers sessile : Sepals as in the male. 

 Petals ovate, entire. Disk almost enclosing the ovary, ciliate, densely 

 pilose outside. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; styles 2, 2-lobed, glabrous. 

 Fruits ovoid or ellipsoid, 2-'^ lin. in diam., 1 -celled. — Miill. Arg. in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 498, excl. var. ferruginea with syn. ; De Wild. & I 

 Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 200; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen- \ 

 Congo, i. 275, ii. 276 ; S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 190. B.gumhi- 

 cola, Baill. Adansonia, i. 79 ; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 40. 

 B. stenocarpa, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 515; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 viii. 61, and in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 157 ; Gehrm. I.e. B. speciosa, var. 

 trichoclada, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Hot. 1864, i^>27, and in DC. Prodr. xv. 

 ii. 498. B.ferrugiiiea, var. gaynbecola, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 

 i. 954. B, ab)/sshnca, var. densijiora, Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 

 95, 41. Candelahria inicrantha, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 79. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 38 ! 605 ! Sieber !■ Albreda, Leprieur ! 

 Perrotief ! in woods near Mboro, Cayor. French Guinea: Eriniaknna (Heriman- 

 kuna), ScofI -Elliot, 5397! Sierra Leone: Bagrn River, Mann, «83 ! various I 



l.u-aliti.'s, Scott-Ell iof. -1018! 4583! 4011! 5216! I),i<:.Mnha ; Sala^a. Krav.se '. | 



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